Abigail Lawrie (born 1997) is a Scottish actress. She won a Scottish BAFTA for her performance in the Sky Atlantic crime drama Tin Star (2017–2020). Lawrie made her screen debut in the BBC miniseries The Casual Vacancy (2015).
Early life and work Lawrie was born and raised in Aberdeen, where she attended a local drama club as a child. At the age of 14 she moved with her family to London. While in secondary school she performed in plays including a two-week stint at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.David Hutchison: Abigail Lawrie: ‘Ours can be a brutal industry’. The Stage, 2015-09-13
Career In 2014, Lawrie was cast as Krystal Weedon, a troubled teenager, in the three-part BBC adaptation of The Casual Vacancy. In the same year Lawrie also appeared on stage in London at the Orange Tree Theatre, where she performed in When We Were Women. In 2017 she portrayed Sophie Lancaster in the TV movie Murdered for Being Different, which is based on the murder of Sophie Lancaster. Lawrie starred in three series of Tin Star in which she played Anna, a member of the Worth family, who are running from their dark past. In 2019, Lawrie played Finnoula in Our Ladies based on the Alan Warner novel The Sopranos.
In 2023 she played the role of Lana in No Escape, and Elspeth in Good Omens.
Filmography Film
Year Title Role Notes 2016 Crumble Lindsey Short film 2017 The Man with the Iron Heart Libena Fafek Chocolate Pieces Sara Short film 2019 Our Ladies Finnoula 2020 She She / Her Short film 2023 Bal Maiden Ruth Short film TBA Ann Axtell Morris Post-production
Television Year Title Role Notes 2015 The Casual Vacancy Krystal Weedon Miniseries 2017 Murdered for Being Different Sophie Lancaster Television film 2017–2020 Tin Star Anna Worth 26 episodes 2022 Strike Margot Bamborough 3 episodes2023 No EscapeLana 7 episodesGood OmensElspeth1 episode 2025Coldwater Moira-Jane 5 episodes 2026 Upcoming series
Stage 2015: When We Were Women (Orange Tree Theatre) 2017: This Beautiful Future (The Yard Theatre)
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Work Result Ref. 2021 British Academy Scotland Awards Best Actress – Television Tin Star 2024 The British Short Film Awards Best Actress Bal Maiden
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